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اﻟ ﱠﺴﻴﱢ ُﺪ ﻓﻮج َو َﻓ ِﺮﻳ ُﻘ ُﻪ ﻳَ ْﻌ ُﱪُو َن ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ِﺤﻴ َﻂ ا ْﻟ َﻬﺎ ِدئَ
َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك أَ ﱡي أَ ْﺣ َﺪا ٍث ُﻣ ْﺆ ِﺳ َﻔ ٍﺔَ ،وا ْﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱠﻞ ا ْﻟ َﺠ ِﻤﻴ ُﻊ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ َر ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘﱠ ِﺠ َﻪ إِ َﱃ ﻧﻴﻮﻳﻮرك — َو َﻣ َﻌ ُﻬ ْﻢ
ﻓﻴﻜﺲ — ِﰲ ﺗَ َﻤﺎ ِم اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ َﻋ ِﺔ اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ ِد َﺳ ِﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ َذ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺴﺎءِ.
َﻋ َﲆ َﻣﺘْ ِﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِر ،ا ْﺳﺘَ ْﻐ َﺮ َق ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺴﺎ ِﻓ ُﺮو َن ا ْﻟ ُﻤﺘْ َﻌﺒُﻮ َن ِﰲ اﻟﻨﱠ ْﻮ ِم؛ َﻓ ِﻌﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ ا ْﺳﺘَ َﻘ ﱡﻠﻮا ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ َر َﻛﺎ َن
اﻟ ﱠﻈ َﻼ ُم َﻗ ْﺪ َﺣ ﱠﻞَ ،و ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺛَ ﱠﻢ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻜ ْﻦ ُﻫﻨَﺎ َك ا ْﻟ َﻜ ِﺜيرُ ِﻟﻴُ َﺸﺎ ِﻫ ُﺪو ُه ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ِﻓﺬَ ِةَ .ﺷ ﱠﻖ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ُر َﻃ ِﺮﻳ َﻘ ُﻪ
ُﻣ ْ ِﴪ ًﻋﺎ َﻋ ْ َﱪ ﻛﺎﻟﻴﻔﻮرﻧﻴَﺎَ ،و ُﻣ ُﺮو ًرا ِﺑﺴﺎﻛﺮاﻣﻨﺘﻮ ،ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ﺑَ َﺪأَ ﻳَ ْﻌ ُﱪُ ِﺧ َﻼ َل ِﺟﺒَﺎ ِل ﺳﻴيراﻧﻴﻔﺎداَ .و َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ
ُﻗ ْﻀﺒَﺎ ُن اﻟ ﱢﺴ ﱠﻜ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺤ ِﺪﻳ ِﺪﻳﱠ ِﺔ ﺗَ ْﻠﺘَ ﱡﻒ َﻋ ْ َﱪ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﻤ ﱠﺮا ِتَ ،واﻟ ﱡﺪ َﺧﺎ ُن ا ﱠﻟ ِﺬي ﻳَﺘَ َﺼﺎ َﻋ ُﺪ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِر ﻳَﺘَ َﻄﺎﻳَ ُﺮ
ﺑَ ْي َن ا ْﻷَ ْﺷ َﺠﺎ ِر اﻟ ﱠﻀ ْﺨ َﻤ ِﺔ.
َو ِﰲ َﺻﺒَﺎ ِح ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﱄَ ،وﺑَ ْﻌ َﺪ ﺗَﻨَﺎ ُو ِل ا ْ ِﻹ ْﻓ َﻄﺎ ِرَ ،ﻛﺎ َن ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﺴﺎ ِﻓ ُﺮو َن ا ْﻷَ ْرﺑَ َﻌ ُﺔ ﻳُ َﺤ ﱢﺪ ُﻗﻮ َن
َﺧﺎ ِر َج اﻟﻨﱠﺎ ِﻓ َﺬ ِة ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻤﻨَﺎ ِﻇ ِﺮ اﻟ ﱠﻄ ِﺒﻴ ِﻌﻴﱠ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺨ ﱠﻼﺑَ ِﺔ أَ َﻣﺎ َﻣ ُﻬ ْﻢَ ،ﺣﻴْ ُﺚ َﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ ا ْﻟ ِﺠﺒَﺎ ُل ﺗَ ْﺼ َﻄ ﱡﻒ ِﰲ ا ْﻷُ ُﻓ ِﻖ
ِﻓﻴ َﻤﺎ َو َرا َء ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ُﺮو ِجَ .و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ُﻤ ﱠﺮ َو ْﻗ ٌﺖ َﻃ ِﻮﻳ ٌﻞ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ َﻋﺎ َد ﻓﻴﻠﻴﺎس ﻳُ َﺪ ﱢو ُن ُﻣ َﻼ َﺣ َﻈﺎ ِﺗ ِﻪ ِﰲ َد ْﻓ َ ِﱰ
ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِﻣﻴﱠﺎ ِتِ ،ﺑ ُﻬ ُﺪوﺋِ ِﻪ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ ْﻌﺘَﺎ ِد َﻃ َﻮا َل اﻟ ﱢﺮ ْﺣ َﻠ ِﺔَ .و َﻗﺒْ َﻞ ا ْﻟ َﻐ َﺪاءِ ُﻣﺒَﺎ َ َﴍ ًةَ ،د َﺧ َﻞ َﻗ ِﻄﻴ ٌﻊ ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ َﺠﺎ ُﻣﻮ ِس
َﻋ َﲆ َﻣ َﺴﺎ ِر َﺧ ﱢﻂ اﻟ ﱢﺴ ﱠﻜ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ َﺤ ِﺪﻳ ِﺪﻳﱠ ِﺔ؛ َﻓﺘَ َﻮ ﱠﻗ َﻒ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ُر َواﻧْﺘَ َﻈ َﺮ اﻟ ﱠﺴﺎ ِﺋ ُﻖ ِﺑ َﺼ ْ ٍﱪ َﺣﺘﱠﻰ َﻋ َﱪَ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻄﻴ ُﻊ،
َﻟ ِﻜ ﱠﻦ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَ ْﺴﺘَ ِﻄ ِﻊ ا ْﻟ ُﺠﻠُﻮ َس َﺳﺎ ِﻛﻨًﺎَ ،ﻓﺄَ َﺧﺬَ ﻳَ ْﻘ َﻄ ُﻊ َﻋ َﺮﺑَﺎ ِت ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ِر ِﺟﻴﺌَ ًﺔ َوذَ َﻫﺎﺑًﺎ َو ُﻫ َﻮ
ﻳَﺘَ َﺴﺎ َء ُل ِﻟ َﻤﺎذَا َﻻ ﻳَ ْﺨ ُﺮ ُج أَ َﺣ ٌﺪ ِ ِﻹﺑْ َﻌﺎ ِد ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻘ ِﻄﻴ ِﻊ!
َو ِﺑ ُﺤﻠُﻮ ِل َﻣ َﺴﺎ ِء ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺜﱠﺎ ِﻧﻲَ ،ﻛﺎﻧُﻮا َﻗ ْﺪ َﻋ َﱪُوا إِ َﱃ ِو َﻻﻳَ ِﺔ ﻳﻮﺗﺎَ ،و َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا َﻋ َﲆ َﻣ ْﻘ َﺮﺑَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ َﻦ
َﻣ ِﺪﻳﻨَ ِﺔ ﺳﻮﻟﺖ ﻟﻴﻚ ﺳﻴﺘﻲ ا ْﻟ ُﻜ ْﱪَىَ ،ﺣﻴْ ُﺚ َﻛﺎﻧَ ْﺖ َﻗﺒَﺎ ِﺋ ُﻞ ا ْﻟﻤﻮرﻣﻮن ﺗَ ْﺴﺘَ ْﻮ ِﻃ ُﻦ ا ْﻟ ِﻤﻨْ َﻄ َﻘ َﺔ.
ِﰲ َﺻﺒَﺎ ِح ا ْﻟﻴَ ْﻮ ِم اﻟﺘﱠﺎ ِﱄَ ،ﻛﺎ َن اﻟ ﱠﻄ ْﻘ ُﺲ ِﰲ َﻏﺎﻳَ ِﺔ ا ْﻟ ُﱪُو َد ِة ِﻋﻨْ َﺪ َﻣﺎ َﺧ َﻄﺎ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ إِ َﱃ ا ْﻟ َﺨﺎ ِر ِج
ِﻻ ْﺳ ِﺘﻨْ َﺸﺎ ِق ﺑَ ْﻌ ِﺾ ا ْﻟ َﻬ َﻮاءِ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨْ ِﻌ ِﺶَ ،و َﻟ ْﻢ ﻳَﺘَ َﻮ ﱠﻗ ْﻒ ﺗَ َﺴﺎ ُﻗ ُﻂ اﻟﺜﱡﻠُﻮ ِجَ ،و َﻟ ِﻜ ْﻦ َﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ اﻟ ﱠﺸ ْﻤ ُﺲ َﺳﺎ ِﻃ َﻌ ًﺔ
َﻛﺬَ ِﻟ َﻚ .أَ َﺧﺬَ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ُر ﻳَ ُﺸ ﱡﻖ َﻃ ِﺮﻳ َﻘ ُﻪ ِﺑ ُ ْﴪ َﻋ ٍﺔ ﺑَ ْي َن ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﺰا ِر ِع َوا ْﻟ ُﺤ ُﻘﻮ ِل ا ﱠﻟ ِﺘﻲ ﺗَﻨْ ُﻤﻮ ِﻓﻴ َﻬﺎ َﻣ َﺤﺎ ِﺻﻴ ُﻞ
ا ْﻟ َﻘ ْﻤ ِﺢ َواﻟ ﱡﺬ َر ِة ِﰲ ا ْﻟ َﻤ َﻮا ِﺳ ِﻢ ا ْﻟ ُﻤﻨَﺎ ِﺳﺒَ ِﺔَ ،و َﻛﺎﻧَ ِﺖ ا ْﻷَ ْر ُض ِﰲ ذَ ِﻟ َﻚ ا ْﻟ َﻮ ْﻗ ِﺖ ُﻣ َﻐ ﱠﻄﺎ ًة ِﺑ َﻄﺒَ َﻘ ٍﺔ َر ِﻗﻴ َﻘ ٍﺔ
ِﻣ َﻦ اﻟﺜﱡﻠُﻮ ِجَ .ﻣ ﱠﺪ ﺑﺎﺳﺒﺎرﺗﻮ ِذ َرا َﻋﻴْ ِﻪ ِﻷَ ْﻋ َﲆ َﻓ ْﻮ َق َرأْ ِﺳ ِﻪ َو َﻓ ﱠﻜ َﺮ» :إِﻧﱠ ُﻪ َﺣ ٍّﻘﺎ ﺑَ َﻠ ٌﺪ ُﻣ ِﺜيرٌ ِﻟ ِﻼ ْﻫ ِﺘ َﻤﺎ ِم«.
َو ِﰲ ِﺗ ْﻠ َﻚ اﻟ ﱠﻈ ِﻬيرَ ِة ،ﺗَ َﻮ ﱠﻗ َﻒ ا ْﻟ ِﻘ َﻄﺎ ُر ِﰲ َﻣ ِﺪﻳﻨَ ِﺔ أوﺟﺪنَ ،و َﻛﺎ َن ِﻣ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻤ َﻘ ﱠﺮ ِر أَ ْن ﻳُ َﻐﺎ ِد َر ُﻣ َﺠ ﱠﺪ ًدا
ِﰲ ُﻏ ُﻀﻮ ِن ِﺳ ﱢﺖ َﺳﺎ َﻋﺎ ٍت؛ ِﻣ ﱠﻤﺎ أَﺗَﺎ َح ِﻟ ْﻠ ُﻤ َﺴﺎ ِﻓ ِﺮﻳ َﻦ ا ْﻟ ُﻔ ْﺮ َﺻ َﺔ ِﻻ ْﺳ ِﺘ ْﻜ َﺸﺎ ِف َﻣ ِﺪﻳﻨَ ِﺔ ﺳﻮﻟﺖ ﻟﻴﻚ
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